vlog BOLETIN LABORAL – Robert Alex Fleming

The Puerto Rico Supreme Court recently affirmed a lower court ruling awarding plaintiff $100,000. Plaintiff- was a maintenance worker who claimed that his employer had fired him in retaliation for requesting benefits under the local  workers’ compensation fund.   See, Rivera Menendez v. Action Service, Corp. 2012 TSPR 73 (Date: April 27, 2012). The employer-   engaged in the commercial cleaning business- denied any retaliatory intent and contended that the employee had refused to show up for…

If you run a business and receive a petition for elections by a union, run to a lawyer. New representation case procedures effective April 30 2012 may allow a union to  enter the workplace within   18 days of the petition.  It turns out that if 30% of the workers  within a unit area wish to be represented by a union and bargain collectively, the National Labor Relations Board will hold an election for them and…

On April 17, 2012 the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit paralyzed the requirement of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to set a sign that would inform employees of their rights to organize and form a union, inter alia. The order prohibits the Board to enforce the notification rule until further notice. The case questions the validity of the Board to order employers to put the poster. The dispute continues and is designated…